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the great deficit in this country is the investment deficit, the investment in people and infrastructure. there were attempts to revive it. it was a super committee proposal. i think it is a good thing the super committee failed to reach an agreement. we will see where that goes. it was not a fair deal. there was so little revenue and so much padding. -- so much cutting. someone was writing the other day that the anti-tax mania is at an all-time low. reagan was willing to raise taxes. it shows how extreme. someone said the of the grover norquist may be the most powerful person in america. the new pledge he has held canada is to. he has held candidates -- the new pledge he has held the new candidates to is keeping millions -- it has a role to play in a country rich in the land grant colleges, highways, bridges. i understand the bridge out here is about to be built. i am all for infrastructure. >> obama in a way has to be the luckiest politician. if you look at the republican lineup -- [laughter] it is like michael dukakis in an oversized tank hat. >> the idea that newt gingrich is now at
the great deficit in this country is the investment deficit, the investment in people and infrastructure. there were attempts to revive it. it was a super committee proposal. i think it is a good thing the super committee failed to reach an agreement. we will see where that goes. it was not a fair deal. there was so little revenue and so much padding. -- so much cutting. someone was writing the other day that the anti-tax mania is at an all-time low. reagan was willing to raise taxes. it shows...
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look at the cut of session of republicans. >> we have worked all year to reduce our budget deficit and to cut spending. >> we have reduced the size and role of government. we've got to cut spending. >> we'll continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending. >> spend less. >> when we know. when we know in terms of very clear, empirical evidence that austerity measures makes things worse. they will tell you as we saw governor romney do. corporations are people, my friend. and say governments don't create jobs. governments not only create them, but if we had allowed government spending to stay and to stimulate it, we would be in a position where we would have a much lower unemployment rate. >> much lower and much more money out there consumers, people be spending money because they'd have it. and it would go back in the system. dana, melissa, thanks for your time. and be sure to watch melissa harris perry saturdays and sundays 10:00 a.m. here on 34rks snbc. >> coming up, what a day in politics. scott brown is not running and now geraldo rivera may be geraldo? >>> plus, george bush
look at the cut of session of republicans. >> we have worked all year to reduce our budget deficit and to cut spending. >> we have reduced the size and role of government. we've got to cut spending. >> we'll continue to work on finding smarter ways to cut spending. >> spend less. >> when we know. when we know in terms of very clear, empirical evidence that austerity measures makes things worse. they will tell you as we saw governor romney do. corporations are...
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it reduces deficit even though it increases government health spending and reduces the deficit because it's got tax increases that are bigger than the increases in spending response to the extent that our medium and long-term problem is driven by demographic and the growth on health care spend withing the law has made the second of those worse. >> i think that is not , i mean, you're absolutely right. there's no question that we expanded -- coverage to mills of americans. i think 23 million people that have health insurance that didn't have it before. it's not free. it comes at the cost. everyone understood it came as a cost. it was paid for in part by tax increases and cuts in other government health care spending. it was not all on the revenue side. the other thing that is important for the congressional budget office said it reduced the it in the first decade, which is what they look at if you look in the the second decade, we think it will reduce the deficit even more. i think they were in fact giving credit and thinking it would slow the growth rates of some of the health care spe
it reduces deficit even though it increases government health spending and reduces the deficit because it's got tax increases that are bigger than the increases in spending response to the extent that our medium and long-term problem is driven by demographic and the growth on health care spend withing the law has made the second of those worse. >> i think that is not , i mean, you're absolutely right. there's no question that we expanded -- coverage to mills of americans. i think 23...
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we should bring the deficit down, but we have time. we should take the cuts off the table and think about how to get the economy going. if people work again, we are on the road to solving the problem. >> to that point and looking at the cuts you have been pointing out to head start and cuts to wic, the women, infant and children nutritional assistant program, they are penny wise and foolish and may be making things worse in the long run. >> i'm glad you raised that, crystal. if you think about the single mom working 12 hours a day and her paycheck does not take her to the end of the month on food. what she realizes and has been a responsible mom, but realizes after she makes the decision to have her child not have an abortion is that her paycheck is not going to help her feed her infant. the women infant children program not only feeds these families, it also teaches them about nutrition and how to be healther and live healthier lives. this is important for families and the economy. we are helping people stay healthy longer and one of
we should bring the deficit down, but we have time. we should take the cuts off the table and think about how to get the economy going. if people work again, we are on the road to solving the problem. >> to that point and looking at the cuts you have been pointing out to head start and cuts to wic, the women, infant and children nutritional assistant program, they are penny wise and foolish and may be making things worse in the long run. >> i'm glad you raised that, crystal. if you...
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i don't think the focus has changed to the median term deficit. i think it is front and center precise i will because it has to be -- precisely because it has to -- we have an unemployment rate slight i will below 8%. if you're at a do more infrastructure spending or you're going to make the kind of investments in education that will put people back to work, the only way you ever get a congress to go along with you if you say let's make this part of a package to deal with the other long-run fiscal things. in dealing with some of this is making space to get more short-term recovery. >> except that -- >> poor anna. >> i want this, exactly. >> to move the needle -- if you're pulling on the fiscal policy lever you have to pull from your heart. in 2008, president bush proposed and congress enacted what we called the fiscal stimulus bill. on the right of the aisle it was not forbidden to call it that. it was bipartisan and it was $150 billion pushed out over an 18-month period. we figured that was probably at least the smallest size you needed to move t
i don't think the focus has changed to the median term deficit. i think it is front and center precise i will because it has to be -- precisely because it has to -- we have an unemployment rate slight i will below 8%. if you're at a do more infrastructure spending or you're going to make the kind of investments in education that will put people back to work, the only way you ever get a congress to go along with you if you say let's make this part of a package to deal with the other long-run...
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this deficit was not caused by our federal work force. you are not responsible for their deficit. [applause] >> we could talk about the policies of going to war and how we pay for it, etc. but we have these large deficits and we need to deal wit. let me bring you up to date because the last time i was here was a little over a year ago and we were talking about the budget control act and how we had to deal with this deficit and how we were going to bring down discretionary domestic spending and how we were going to deal with longer term solution that is required to us deal with revenues and mandatory spending and i ask your understanding as we pass the budget control act. and at the we were analyzing a recommendation that came out of a presidential commission known as the boles simpson commission. that commission said we had to reduce the deficit by $4 trillion or $5 trillion to have sustainable growth in our country. take a minute and look at the progress that we've made since that last visit. simpson bowles which was generally recognized as a balanced approach, a bipartisan appro
this deficit was not caused by our federal work force. you are not responsible for their deficit. [applause] >> we could talk about the policies of going to war and how we pay for it, etc. but we have these large deficits and we need to deal wit. let me bring you up to date because the last time i was here was a little over a year ago and we were talking about the budget control act and how we had to deal with this deficit and how we were going to bring down discretionary domestic...
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deficits which you could use some military activities being stepped up in europe as if we had some security threats that. efforts continue to loom of the large nater to move the military infrastructure eastwards as if we had no statements at the highest level about the negative effects of divisions in the continent some of our european all of the partners are now drawing new dividing lines so that trying to divide integration projects between good and bad there but only knight is discussing and smart defense but it does not say who it is going to defend itself from is much more important to launch a new smart foreign policy at the wishes of maximizing the opportunities for collective work instead of wasting our resources if we're leading economies as part of the g. twenty could where it makes solid. efforts to address the financial crisis why cannot we do the same in policy russia join w t o and we appreciate the united states europe and other countries who supported that but we look at the w t o was set up to. tied protectionism in trade and. economies if you would if we try and look at th
deficits which you could use some military activities being stepped up in europe as if we had some security threats that. efforts continue to loom of the large nater to move the military infrastructure eastwards as if we had no statements at the highest level about the negative effects of divisions in the continent some of our european all of the partners are now drawing new dividing lines so that trying to divide integration projects between good and bad there but only knight is discussing and...
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so that's 60% of the deficit right there. so this stuff about cutting taxes and that's going to stimulate the economy, this is supply side economics. >> it is. >> very much -- >> and it worked in the '80s under reagan and the '90s under bill clinton. >> reagan ran enormous deficits and clinton surplus. >> bill clinton cut spending with newt gingrich. not tax rates. never. >> the tax increases have happened. the tax increases have happened. that part of the balance is there. now it is time to look at the other side which is spending cuts and entitlement reform. that's what hasn't come yet. >> i have to get out. thanks very much. appreciate it. you're both great. so are house republicans prepared to put up a spending cut fight with the president some let's get t? let's get the gop perspective. mr. roscom, what is your response to president obama's rift today? >> well, look, this is president obama's sequester to pay for the old ket credebt ceiling deal. that being said, the president also in december last time you and i talked
so that's 60% of the deficit right there. so this stuff about cutting taxes and that's going to stimulate the economy, this is supply side economics. >> it is. >> very much -- >> and it worked in the '80s under reagan and the '90s under bill clinton. >> reagan ran enormous deficits and clinton surplus. >> bill clinton cut spending with newt gingrich. not tax rates. never. >> the tax increases have happened. the tax increases have happened. that part of the...
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the first of less than $1 trillion annual deficits continue to shrink when they begin increasing deficits but in the next 10 years they will add almost $7 trillion to the national debt and 76 trillion by 20203. the national debt compared to the economy stabilizes and climbs much higher in the future. the director of the cbo says the primary culprit is health care spending. >> we still see substantial growth of health care spending over the 10 years and beyond. because of the number of people who will be eligible for medicare will be rising sharply. gerri: they expect gdp to rise this year and next year an average of 3.6% after that and then slowing. cbo expects unemployment average 8% this year and seven points six% next year that is the first time that has happened in 70 years. with the recent tax increases and spending cuts the cbo says it will cost 1.2 5% percentage points of gdp but with deficits reduce it boost growth and employment in the future. gerri: while the cbo war and gas the president tried to put the squeeze on congress to pass small spending cuts and pass more tax hikes. w
the first of less than $1 trillion annual deficits continue to shrink when they begin increasing deficits but in the next 10 years they will add almost $7 trillion to the national debt and 76 trillion by 20203. the national debt compared to the economy stabilizes and climbs much higher in the future. the director of the cbo says the primary culprit is health care spending. >> we still see substantial growth of health care spending over the 10 years and beyond. because of the number of...
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this deficit is a real problem. this is where i depart from paul. who am i to depart from paul? a nobel laureate. >> we'll ask him. >> this is about the best deal we'll get out of the right-winged crazy people in the house. >> because it's balanced and -- >> it doesn't really touch -- there's no better deal progressives are going to get out of this other than going over the cliff. >> i'm so worried about austerity and -- >> europeans did it wrong. we had throw years of recovery relative to europe. if we're ever going to take the hit this is a better time to take t if this were three years ago, i would be arguing right with you. i think we can take a chance. when are we going to get the chance to take these cuts in the pentagon or take a bite out of the deficit? i think it's worth it. >> now twittering dean quester. >> if he would stop blaming someone else other than himself and man up and take responsibility. >> kris hayes, i'm sure your guests will have much more explaining on kicking the can down the road. >> thank you. >>> ousted fox news contributor says he's on a mission fo
this deficit is a real problem. this is where i depart from paul. who am i to depart from paul? a nobel laureate. >> we'll ask him. >> this is about the best deal we'll get out of the right-winged crazy people in the house. >> because it's balanced and -- >> it doesn't really touch -- there's no better deal progressives are going to get out of this other than going over the cliff. >> i'm so worried about austerity and -- >> europeans did it wrong. we had...
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guest: we usually do not talk about trust deficits. talk about trade, budget deficits, things we can measure. i'm talking about a breakdown of trust in american society, in particular in the institutions that make our economy go. when you look at measures of trust from surveys like a gallup or the pugh institute -- the pew institute, or even newspapers, congress, large corporations, banks, public schools, they have all been going down for many years. for a lot of them, this decline in trust was intensified leading up to and going into the financial crisis. there are a lot of reasons for these things we can talk about. what we were trying to get at in the story that -- is that this matters to the economy, and trust breaks down. there was nobel prize-winning economist who 40 years ago said that every commercial transaction has within it an element of trust. when you trust your counter party, you're more likely to engage in a transaction. when trust begins to fray, and people become suspicious of each other and each other's intentions, it
guest: we usually do not talk about trust deficits. talk about trade, budget deficits, things we can measure. i'm talking about a breakdown of trust in american society, in particular in the institutions that make our economy go. when you look at measures of trust from surveys like a gallup or the pugh institute -- the pew institute, or even newspapers, congress, large corporations, banks, public schools, they have all been going down for many years. for a lot of them, this decline in trust was...
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the numbers today are living short of terrific. $7 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. is coming after we raise 600 billion in taxes. what does the president say? well, let's not do the spending cuts, which we are counting on to keep it down to 7 trillion. instead to raise taxes, which we already proven does not solve the problem. you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to like it that seriously. lou: and to look at you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to put this in context of the history of this president and fiscal issues. does not pose for the budget. the senate has not passed one commend the president of the united states said this back in 2011. november 41st. already, he said, some in congress are trying to undo these automatic spending cuts, much like he did today at 115 eastern time. my message to them back in 2011, no, i will be there through any effort to get rid of automatic spending cuts to domestic and defense spending said the break president at that point. your reaction? >> that was president obama circa 2011. candid obama in a debate set s
the numbers today are living short of terrific. $7 trillion in deficits over the next ten years. is coming after we raise 600 billion in taxes. what does the president say? well, let's not do the spending cuts, which we are counting on to keep it down to 7 trillion. instead to raise taxes, which we already proven does not solve the problem. you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to like it that seriously. lou: and to look at you have to have a pretty good sense of humor to put this in...
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year per taxpayer to cover our existing deficit. the total tab for the past four years of $1 trillion each year would be about $27,500 a year. back in the sixth district of indiana where i come from, that is a lot of money. i think we it owe it to the taxpayers know what we're doing here in washington. i yield -- i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. van hollen: thank you, madam chairman. i ask unanimous consent to claim time in opposition even though i am not. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. van hollen: thank you, madam chairman. i think it's very useful to let everybody in the country know exactly what the debt and deficit will be on a per capita basis. we in congress can of course do the math. i think it's no problem asking the president to run that calculation as well. again, i want to emphasize the fact there is agreement on reducing the deficit. the real differences here are over how we do
year per taxpayer to cover our existing deficit. the total tab for the past four years of $1 trillion each year would be about $27,500 a year. back in the sixth district of indiana where i come from, that is a lot of money. i think we it owe it to the taxpayers know what we're doing here in washington. i yield -- i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman reserves the balance of his time. for what purpose does the gentleman from maryland seek recognition? mr. van hollen: thank...
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assorted measures only in greece are deficit problem while creating jobs will help bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on teaching net programs, increasing taxpayers in every debt to gdp ratio. job loss under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. as the american public that's what they mean by cats. we need to create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizes goals in the first to create one in 300,000 jobs. these ideas they offered a bill in 2011 and were ultimately included in the american jobs that come which never even got a vote in the house. modernizing schools and the probing of the structure from which the balancing act we do other jobs or communities need and those are the shops are economy needs. the legislation pays for investments by including smart military cut the number for the discussion, really no discussion we'll streamliner military to meet 21st century threats. raising revenue from those who can afford to pay more, making targeted military cut, not a little at first restorer the balance deficit r
assorted measures only in greece are deficit problem while creating jobs will help bring down the deficit by decreasing reliance on teaching net programs, increasing taxpayers in every debt to gdp ratio. job loss under sequestration would include 16,000 school teachers and aides and 20,000 head start teachers. as the american public that's what they mean by cats. we need to create education jobs by investing in teachers, modernizes goals in the first to create one in 300,000 jobs. these ideas...
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and it's estimated to reduce the deficit by $3.3 trillion. remember, we're trying to hit $4 trillion. so we're getting closer. the plan ends tax loopholes for yachts and for jets. it reduces the corporate meal and entertainment deduction to 25%. you can't write off the whole dinner anymore. it ends fossil fuel subsidies for oil companies that are raking in massive profits. exxonmobil, you know what their profit was? $44 billion in 2012. the last thing they need right now is your tax dollars as subsidy. the balancing act also closes other pointless loopholes the rich take advantage of. we should point out mitt romney ran on a similar tax plan. his former running mate paul ryan should love the balancing act because it reduces the deficit. everyone inside the beltway considers mr. ryan just a very serious person. but here is how paul ryan wants to reduce the deficit, with nothing but cuts. and here is the balanced approach from the progressive caucus. you know, when we need budget advice in the future, i think we should kind of push paul ryan of
and it's estimated to reduce the deficit by $3.3 trillion. remember, we're trying to hit $4 trillion. so we're getting closer. the plan ends tax loopholes for yachts and for jets. it reduces the corporate meal and entertainment deduction to 25%. you can't write off the whole dinner anymore. it ends fossil fuel subsidies for oil companies that are raking in massive profits. exxonmobil, you know what their profit was? $44 billion in 2012. the last thing they need right now is your tax dollars as...
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we believe there is a better way to reduce the deficit but americans do not support sacrificing real spending cuts for more tax hikes." >>> efforts by the white house to head off spending cuts come as a new government report predicts the budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time during obama's presidency. the congressional budget office which assumes that the cuts will go into effect march 1st says the government will run a deficit of $845 billion this year. that's compared to $1.1 trillion short fall. the outlook predicts the improvements will not last. it warns that an aging population will drive up retirement spending and rising interest rates will put the debt at unsustainable level it's current laws remain in place, debt by 2023 will equal 77% of gross domestic product. that is roughly double the 39% average seen over the past 40 years. >>> coming off the republicans' bruising defeat, eric cantor is looking to rebrand his party n a speech at a d.c. think tank, he moved away from his combative tone expressing a need to work on issues with president obama impor
we believe there is a better way to reduce the deficit but americans do not support sacrificing real spending cuts for more tax hikes." >>> efforts by the white house to head off spending cuts come as a new government report predicts the budget deficit will drop below $1 trillion for the first time during obama's presidency. the congressional budget office which assumes that the cuts will go into effect march 1st says the government will run a deficit of $845 billion this year....
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our deficits are financed by treasury bonds. most of which are being purchased by the fed with newly created money. this drives up the price of bonds and keeps interest rates artificially low, seniors on fixed incomes who have saved their whole lives now cannot make a fair market on their interest for their savings. in addition to squeezing the incomes of our seniors, creating money to fund deficits also drives up prices which has a disproportionate adverse effect on seniors, on the poor, and on middle income families. creating money out of thin air to fund the president's spending must stop. the first step is to stop the reckless spending by having the president present a plan to balance the budget. this is a simple request with no reasonable excuse for opposition. i support h.r. 444, the require plan act, to protect our seniors, the poor, and middle income families. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. van hollen: madam chairman, again we have heard a number of the
our deficits are financed by treasury bonds. most of which are being purchased by the fed with newly created money. this drives up the price of bonds and keeps interest rates artificially low, seniors on fixed incomes who have saved their whole lives now cannot make a fair market on their interest for their savings. in addition to squeezing the incomes of our seniors, creating money to fund deficits also drives up prices which has a disproportionate adverse effect on seniors, on the poor, and...
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. >> we have massive deficits, a big tax increase hat no apparent willingness to get government off people's backs by reducing government spending, and all of that is a heavy, heavy weight on the private sector. firms around the nation are sitting on cash instead of creating jobs. >> reporter: on wednesday the commerce department announced economic growth actually fell to a-10% the last three months of last year, the chairman of the president's council of economic advisers says other indicators remain positive. >> consumer spending increased. business investment. residential construction. >> reporter: the jobs report showed a larger number of people dropped out of the labour force than down jobs. a former administration economist says some of that is to be expected. >> the population is aging, so we expect to have a fair number of people retiring every month for the next ten years or more as the baby boomers retire. >> reporter: the conference board reports a sharp increase in the number of older workers considering delaying retirement, which could make it more difficult for young people to
. >> we have massive deficits, a big tax increase hat no apparent willingness to get government off people's backs by reducing government spending, and all of that is a heavy, heavy weight on the private sector. firms around the nation are sitting on cash instead of creating jobs. >> reporter: on wednesday the commerce department announced economic growth actually fell to a-10% the last three months of last year, the chairman of the president's council of economic advisers says...
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this president said he was going to cut the deficit. he went from a $6 trillion economy to a $9 trillion economy. his jobs plan was a complete failure. the democrats talkbout the war on women, yet you have this mr. menendez who flieso a southern country, has sex with an underage gal, and does not want to pay this prostitute. here's a guy who makes all kinds of money. it is ridiculous. the democrats had senator byrd in the race -- in the senate for years and they talk about race. you guys do not seem to be able to get your message across. i know you are frustrated. it is not a spending problem. of course it is a spending problem. we never have budgets like this, throwing money at all times of all kinds of different programs. how many more democrats talk about, i did not cheat on my wife, i only did it when her cancer was in remission. guest: the caller has raised a number of different points. one point, the overarching theme of his call was the frustration he has of republicans getting the message out. i do appreciate c-span allowing us
this president said he was going to cut the deficit. he went from a $6 trillion economy to a $9 trillion economy. his jobs plan was a complete failure. the democrats talkbout the war on women, yet you have this mr. menendez who flieso a southern country, has sex with an underage gal, and does not want to pay this prostitute. here's a guy who makes all kinds of money. it is ridiculous. the democrats had senator byrd in the race -- in the senate for years and they talk about race. you guys do not...
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saying deficits decline as a percentage of gdp could dip as low as 2.4% in 2015. then they start to rise again in 2016. that 10-year-old cbo deficit projection increased overall to 4.6 trillion for the 2013 decade up from $20.2 trillion in it's previous. cbo sees real gdp growing 1.4% in 2013, the sub died growth limits businesses to hire more workers, cbo projecting unemployment rate to stay near 8% this year, also expecting unemployment rate to remain above 7.5% through 2014. debt and deficits will be larger, the cbo says, if current laws were modified and rising health care cost and increased federal health care subsidies, spending cuts and higher taxes with offset deficit increases long-term says the cbo. over and over again this report talks about those short-term budget decisions on the horizon including march 1st, the automatic spending reductions, sequester. what does congress and the white house do about the expiring continuing resolution in late march, funding for the operations of government and, divorce, the next round of the debt limit debate due to h
saying deficits decline as a percentage of gdp could dip as low as 2.4% in 2015. then they start to rise again in 2016. that 10-year-old cbo deficit projection increased overall to 4.6 trillion for the 2013 decade up from $20.2 trillion in it's previous. cbo sees real gdp growing 1.4% in 2013, the sub died growth limits businesses to hire more workers, cbo projecting unemployment rate to stay near 8% this year, also expecting unemployment rate to remain above 7.5% through 2014. debt and...
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not only have they failed to come together around a big plan to reduce the deficit. they have also failed in their basic responsibility to pass appropriations bills. how we fund the government each year. we are operating today, continuing resolution on appropriations, because they failed to pass appropriations bills. the last time that congress passed all the appropriations bills and timeless 1994. it was in 1994. that is a basic responsibility. to be able to fund the government. my fear is that there is a dangerous and callous attitude that is developing among some republicans and some democrats. that these danhat these dangeroe allowed to take place in order to blame the other party or the consequences. this is a kind of so what attitude. it says let's see how bad it can get. in order to have the other party blink. i have seen that attitude before. it was the same attitude that led to a government shutdown in 1995. the same attitude. the other side will blink. even though it will hurt people. even if it's going to hurt our citizens or our security. this is a good w
not only have they failed to come together around a big plan to reduce the deficit. they have also failed in their basic responsibility to pass appropriations bills. how we fund the government each year. we are operating today, continuing resolution on appropriations, because they failed to pass appropriations bills. the last time that congress passed all the appropriations bills and timeless 1994. it was in 1994. that is a basic responsibility. to be able to fund the government. my fear is...
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under current law the deficit will shrink in 2013. as an estimated $845 billion, the deficit, the first in five years below $1 trillion. >> the cbo projects deficits to decline from $845 billion to year to as low as 430 billion in 2015 but then 978 billion a year by 2023. >> in 2014 or 15 the deficit will come down. there's a tax increase we just passed. that combines to produce a smaller deficit. >> though the president has not submitted his budget, the cbo projects the next ten years u.s. debt will increase $10 trillion from a little more than 16 trillion-dollar now to more than $26 trillion in 2023. >> you can't raise enough tax to say pay for this problem. you won't grow fast enough to get rid of this problem. you ultimately have to deal with spending. >> after 2023, the debt begins to soar. >> after that it's going to grow and reach the trillion and go beyond the trillion. so at no point in the foreseeable future is the deficit going to come down to manageable level. >> noting repeatedly high debts are bad and dangerous as he put
under current law the deficit will shrink in 2013. as an estimated $845 billion, the deficit, the first in five years below $1 trillion. >> the cbo projects deficits to decline from $845 billion to year to as low as 430 billion in 2015 but then 978 billion a year by 2023. >> in 2014 or 15 the deficit will come down. there's a tax increase we just passed. that combines to produce a smaller deficit. >> though the president has not submitted his budget, the cbo projects the next...
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he put forward a proposal for avoiding that outcome while congress continues working on longer term deficit reduction. that's the sensible thing to do. why make-- why punish the american people because you haven't been able to achieve your ideological objectives through other means? >> sreenivasan: in another development, the associated press reported the u.s. military is cutting back from two aircraft carriers to one, in the persian gulf. the report cited u.s. officials who said it's a direct response to the looming, across-the-board cuts. u.s. and british regulators have fined the royal bank of scotland more than $610 million for manipulating a key interest rate. the u.s. commodity futures trading commission said today that r.b.s. made hundreds of attempts to manipulate the rate known as libor. it's a global benchmark for rates on everything from home mortgages to credit card payments. two other banks-- barclays and u.b.s.-- have already been fined for their roles in the scandal. wall street mostly stayed where it was today. the dow jones industrial average gained seven points to close at
he put forward a proposal for avoiding that outcome while congress continues working on longer term deficit reduction. that's the sensible thing to do. why make-- why punish the american people because you haven't been able to achieve your ideological objectives through other means? >> sreenivasan: in another development, the associated press reported the u.s. military is cutting back from two aircraft carriers to one, in the persian gulf. the report cited u.s. officials who said it's a...
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so-called three percent treaty force in france to reduce its budget deficit down from four point five percent by hiking taxes and cutting spending. but while harsh criticism expected from the opposition disapprovals also been growing from like minded left wingers or companies where i think the president especially of a country like france one of six e.u. founders should be strong enough to say stop to others and say hey i have my nation behind me and they elected me to make changes instead he surrendered because he's more worried about the country's debt and the ratings agencies make. in a short video french communists put together some of our lawns major presidential campaign vows none of which they say came true. look what that's going to be oh the value added tax increase. i think it's an appropriate and unjustified and unreasonable and too hasty. what happened to well that's to remind the presidents do you remember you promised to review the european treaty you didn't do that your german bring said a three percent deficit isn't real but now only say it's possible etc etc you can't
so-called three percent treaty force in france to reduce its budget deficit down from four point five percent by hiking taxes and cutting spending. but while harsh criticism expected from the opposition disapprovals also been growing from like minded left wingers or companies where i think the president especially of a country like france one of six e.u. founders should be strong enough to say stop to others and say hey i have my nation behind me and they elected me to make changes instead he...
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blue bars are president obama's deficits. those really big bars are when the whole world economy crashed, including ours. remember that? you notice how the deficit gets smaller when the bars are blue over time? see how they're getting shorter as you go to the right? today the congressional budget office released their deficit projection for 2013. so for this upcoming year, the nonpartisan cbo. according to them under president obama the deficit is slated to continue to shrink, as it has been under president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are >>> in march 2007, some of the fine folks at morgan stanley were brainstorming via e-mail about what they wanted to call a new product they were working on. it was an investment package essentially that they would eventually go on to sell to a chinese bank. here are some of the potential product names that were suggested in this brainstorming session by a particular morgan stanley vice president. flutter fish 2007, or mike tyso
blue bars are president obama's deficits. those really big bars are when the whole world economy crashed, including ours. remember that? you notice how the deficit gets smaller when the bars are blue over time? see how they're getting shorter as you go to the right? today the congressional budget office released their deficit projection for 2013. so for this upcoming year, the nonpartisan cbo. according to them under president obama the deficit is slated to continue to shrink, as it has been...
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some of that can be used for deficit reduction. would be a lot more appealing than other taxes or cuts in entitlements, those are very difficult measures. >> a cost to carbon, and the one of those proposals, do you think that happens during the second term of the obama administration? >> i hope it will. it is a long shot because of the opposition from some republicans. a secretary, secretary schulz, a secretary of state and economic adviser under nixon and reagan, he supported the idea of a tax. a lot of republicans said, let's tax carbon and use the tax money to reduce other taxes, like corporate taxes. let's do something to move the incentives away from adding more greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. >> a democratic caller. >> good morning, c-span. the morning. that last caller, i am thankful for guys like you. i am appreciative. unfortunately, the message we are trying to get across is that global warming, how it affects the jet streams and the weather and how that intern causes climate change. the knuckle draggers you were ju
some of that can be used for deficit reduction. would be a lot more appealing than other taxes or cuts in entitlements, those are very difficult measures. >> a cost to carbon, and the one of those proposals, do you think that happens during the second term of the obama administration? >> i hope it will. it is a long shot because of the opposition from some republicans. a secretary, secretary schulz, a secretary of state and economic adviser under nixon and reagan, he supported the...
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blue bars are president obama's deficits. those really big bars are when the whole world economy crashed, including ours. remember that? you notice how the deficit gets smaller when the bars are blue over time? see how they're getting shorter as you go to the right? today the congressional budget office released their deficit projection for 2013. so for this upcoming year, the nonpartisan cbo. according to them under president obama the deficit is slated to continue to shrink, as it has been under president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are committed to us lurching from self-imposed crisis to self-imposed crisis instead of us working this stuff out like adults. the accusation that president obama has grown the deficit giantly since he has been in office is a very politically potent accusation. and when republicans say it, the beltway media tends to write it down as if it was true. it is not true. it has not been true for a very long time, and there is really no ex
blue bars are president obama's deficits. those really big bars are when the whole world economy crashed, including ours. remember that? you notice how the deficit gets smaller when the bars are blue over time? see how they're getting shorter as you go to the right? today the congressional budget office released their deficit projection for 2013. so for this upcoming year, the nonpartisan cbo. according to them under president obama the deficit is slated to continue to shrink, as it has been...
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he's a great generator for deficit. there's a lot of talk of taxes and so forth. that is a job in the pocket if you look at the real driver of our deficit and debt of unfunded liabilities are entitlement programs. to say the things we have to reform. the only party that's meeting after has been the republican party. your highness pasty pledges to do with medicare's. the senate democrats haven't passed a budget in four years. >> host: what does it say that ronald reagan is the point of reference in the party? >> guest: it shows that a huge monumental figure he was. not just what he did in the world, but to the republican party. he fundamentally reshaped the republican party in lots and lots of ways and this time has gone on, he's grown in the imagination of the republican party and he should. he was one of the great presidents of the 20th century. there's a lot to learn both in terms of principle stands in terms of countenance and tone, the way he carried himself. he was a man of extraordinary grace and dignity. he was really by his opponents and never returned in
he's a great generator for deficit. there's a lot of talk of taxes and so forth. that is a job in the pocket if you look at the real driver of our deficit and debt of unfunded liabilities are entitlement programs. to say the things we have to reform. the only party that's meeting after has been the republican party. your highness pasty pledges to do with medicare's. the senate democrats haven't passed a budget in four years. >> host: what does it say that ronald reagan is the point of...
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we need to reduce our deficit and begin paying down our debt. but irresponsible across-the-board sequestration cuts are not the way to do it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, america's manufacturing sector has played an invaluable role over the last century in propelling our economy and creating a strong and vibrant middle class. manufacturing continues to be a bright spot in our economic recovery. since 2010, the u.s. has added over a half a million manufacturing jobs. mr. kildee: that's progress. but in a time where millions of americans continue to struggle, we can and must do more. congress should be working every day to rebuild our economy and create good-paying jobs right here in america not overseas. that's why i support the make it in america agenda, which will strengthen manufacturing and rebuild our infrastructure. it will also m
we need to reduce our deficit and begin paying down our debt. but irresponsible across-the-board sequestration cuts are not the way to do it. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from michigan seek recognition? without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> mr. speaker, america's manufacturing sector has played an invaluable role over the last century in propelling our economy...
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well it might have been but you know also our trade deficit got a lot bigger and that subtracted from g.d.p. that is a problem that's only going to get worse and you know think about this we've had a tax increase on everybody here in two thousand and thirteen so i'm eric is going to be paying higher taxes i think we're going to have a larger not smaller budget deficits so i think two thousand and twelve might be the high point of the obama term and you know obama often talked about the lousy economy he inherited from bush well now he's dealing with a lousy economy he inherited from himself and i think whoever succeeds succeeds bush i mean obama the next president is going. actually inherit a worse economy than either did in his first term i think the obama recession is going to be much worse than the obama recovery and you know the obama recovery has been the weakest recovery ever you can imagine how bad the recession is going to be that's certainly a scary thought for a lot of people that are hoping and praying that we do not have another recession like the one that we just got out o
well it might have been but you know also our trade deficit got a lot bigger and that subtracted from g.d.p. that is a problem that's only going to get worse and you know think about this we've had a tax increase on everybody here in two thousand and thirteen so i'm eric is going to be paying higher taxes i think we're going to have a larger not smaller budget deficits so i think two thousand and twelve might be the high point of the obama term and you know obama often talked about the lousy...